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Suffolk County’s Mount Sinai Harbor dredging project has officially been completed The long-awaited dredging project began in December 2020 after the completion of the Town of Brookhaven’s project to repair the Mount Sinai Harbor jetties in May 2020. Plans for the dredging of the Mount Sinai Harbor began with resolution 2026-2011, co-sponsored by Suffolk County… Read More
The Southern Shores Town Council continued the discussion Tuesday evening, February 2 for funding the beach nourishment project through establishing municipal service districts (MSDs). The council also approved a motion to receive bids for Sea Oats Trail road improvement. Town manager Cliff Ogburn recommended boundaries for the proposed MSDs, a critical part of the funding… Read More
This USA Today Network special report explores solutions to deep threats that flow through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland as the Susquehanna River feeds the Chesapeake Bay — with life and death. The last resident of Applegarth, Md., left Lower Hoopers Island in 1920. They left for good. The land that was home to a… Read More
A major coastal restoration effort in Terrebonne Parish remains on schedule despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority recently completed its preliminary design for the $157 million Terrebonne Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation Project. Money comes from fines paid by BP from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The work will restore and maintain… Read More
A councillor wants to know why the river through Newport Pagnell hasn’t been dredged and whether a build up of silt in the Great Ouse contributed to the town’s worst flooding in 23 years. Milton Keynes Council’s Lib Dem leader Cllr Douglas McCall (Newport Pagnell South) said Priory Street in the town had been flooded… Read More
ILWACO — Little noticed but important work is underway, focused on the bottom of local marinas. Annual dredging has commenced, crucial efforts needed to keep local waterways navigable and preserve access to the Port of Ilwaco and Chinook for commercial and recreational vessels. Annual dredging started in early January and will conclude by Feb. 28,… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a website, the “Digital Coast,” that hosts a variety of tools, data sets, and training sessions useful for coastal management. New RFF research estimates the economic value of uses of the site and finds sizable benefits. How valuable are the products, such as data and models, that… Read More
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP) just completed an interactive, online narrative that pioneers the use of cell phone data to look at tourism and recreation on our coasts from the perspective of environmental management. The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP) recently completed an interactive, online narrative that pioneers the use of cell phone data to look… Read More
COOS BAY — Federal authorities on Monday affirmed the state of Oregon’s finding that a proposed major West Coast liquified natural gas pipeline and export terminal is not consistent with its coastal zone management plans. Jordan Cove’s Canadian backers, Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp., had appealed the state’s finding to the U.S. Commerce Department. The company… Read More
The EPA has confirmed that a small hole on a barge full of sediment from the Gowanus Canal is what caused it to sink last month. BROOKLYN, NY — A two-week investigation into why a barge full of sediment from the Gowanus Canal sank in January has wrapped up this week, federal officials announced. The… Read More
TOMS RIVER – The township is prepared to repair storm-damaged beaches, dune fencing and walkovers in the Ortley Beach section if the federal government does not step in to help, township Engineer Robert J. Chankalian said Tuesday night. Speaking at a Township Council meeting, Chankalian said while Toms River hopes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
By South Jersey Times Editorial Board Online grocery sellers. Big-box retail stores. Plexiglass fabricators. Meal delivery services. Remote meeting platform providers. Whiskey and wine producers. These are a few of the industries that had bigger sales, predictably, in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdowns took hold. One area of revenue growth might be… Read More
By MADDY VITALE In a continuing effort to protect Ocean City’s beaches from coastal storms that chip away at the coastline, the city is moving forward with plans to install another barrier in the areas most vulnerable to erosion. Geotubes are gigantic sock-like cylinders made of plastic fabric and stuffed with sand. They are topped… Read More
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (WCTI) — North Topsail Beach is still repairing damage from Hurricane Florence more than two years after the storm struck eastern North Carolina. This week, workers are restoring sand dunes, using thousands of tons of sand to do so. The project was put on hold in November, so Town Manager David… Read More
Reprinted from OBX Today Nags Head leaders approved during its meeting Wednesday moving forward with a nearly $14 million beach nourishment project for south Nags Head to replace sand lost during the 2019 Hurricane Dorian that they hope can take place along with other beach widening efforts in Dare County planned for 2022. Commissioners also… Read More